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According to NASA, the space station is expected to be de-orbited by 2031.

Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket had a spectacular liftoff from Virginia to send the NG-17 Cygnus cargo spacecraft toward the International Space Station.

Image Courtesy of NASA By Daniel Formella That’s one small step for man, one giant…

Fans interested in the Martian sky can finally watch it on the internet. NASA just released an 8-frame movie featuring Mars and its clouds casting shadows over the terrain.

An unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft, Progress 80, finally arrived at the ISS and successfully delivered supplies for the Expedition 66 crew.

How will they bring the structure back safely? And where will the surviving components crash?

Shutterstock For more than two decades the International Space Station (ISS) has been the mainstay of human presence and research in space.

There comes a time when the costs and risks of maintaining the International Space Station become too high, and this has been determined to be in 2030.

51170366083_f9029ab667_k.jpg Russia’s ISS Progress 75 cargo craft, seen departing from the International Space Station April 27, 2021 after undocking

While the area isnt particularly deep, at roughly two and a half miles, or overly remarkable, it is incredibly remote, with the nearest landmass 1,677 miles away.